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GENUS Axis

Author:C. H. Smith, 1827.
Citation:In Griffith et al., Anim. Kingdom, 5: 312.
Type Species:Cervus axis Erxleben, 1777.
Comments:Treated as a full genus, not a subgenus of Cervus, by Groves and Grubb (1987). Subgenus Axis contains axis only; subgenus Hyelaphus contains calamianensis, kuhlii and porcinus.
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Offspring:

SPECIES axis

SPECIES calamianensis

SPECIES kuhlii

SPECIES porcinus

SUBSPECIES porcinus

SUBSPECIES annamiticus

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